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Tether and Shiga launch self-custodial wallet products across Africa and the Gulf
Tether and payments company Shiga are rolling out two new products, ENTA and Pulse, built on Tether's open-source Wallet Development Kit. Both let people hold USDT, Bitcoin and Tether Gold without a centralized custodian controlling the funds — aimed at the region's high cross-border remittance costs.
Read the full story →Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 confirms new partnerships ahead of its Nairobi event
ABF 2026, running October 15–17 in Nairobi, announced Kenya Airways as its official airline partner alongside new programming partners. The festival's agenda includes a session with seven women in Web3 discussing stablecoin infrastructure, legal frameworks and community building.
Read the full story →Blockradar passes $1 billion in stablecoin transaction volume
Stablecoin wallet infrastructure provider Blockradar reached $1B in processed transaction volume two years after launch, a sign of how much stablecoin activity is now running through African fintech backends rather than headline crypto exchanges.
Read the full story →Anchorage Digital reportedly building out an Africa stablecoin team
Anchorage Digital — the first federally chartered crypto bank in the US — has been hiring for an Africa-based regional lead for stablecoin solutions since June. A senior growth executive with a background across Binance, Bybit, Bitget and Coinbase said this month they'd joined Anchorage to help scale stablecoin correspondent banking on the continent.
Read the full story →South Africa's rand-backed stablecoin ZARU goes live on Circle's Arc
ZARU, a stablecoin pegged to the South African rand, launched on Circle's Arc network with segregated reserves and third-party attestation — part of a broader wave of local-currency stablecoins appearing across African markets this year.
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